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However, when we try to make passages speaking of the elect apply to baptism, how else should we interpret the intended meaning, spoken or not?

William,

But this is what we do with communion passages. Our "ideal" is to serve only the converted, yet we'll fail at the goal because there are hypocrites in the church. This is all the Baptist means when he says that Baptism is for the converted. Isn't communion only for the converted? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Grace and peace,

Ron